I have hunted with a 25-06 since I was a teen and 4 or 5 years ago bought a 257 weatherby also I have always used the 117gr hornady btsp or sst out of my 25-06 and it has planted its fair share of whitetails on the spot I see you are in Wisconsin id have to say the deer up there are maybe a little bigger than down here in Mississippi but I would have no doubt that the 117 hornady or a sierra would work well for you my experience with the accubonds is that they go in and come out but they are to heavily constructed for the deer down here meaning a little exit hole and hard to follow blood trail in the event they run after being hit. my recent experience with Barnes TSX in my weatherby though has got me wanting to switch to them in my 25-06 as well they are devastating and penetrate like no other ! I had a 8pt sneak in on me this year and I shot him at 40 yards with my 257wby bullet penetrated and didn't blow apart now that is impressive to say the least in my book